Thank you to the many volunteers, stewards & organizations for your continued support in our vision of
Ecological Wellness through Restorative & Regenerative Land Practices
Kitchener Mayor Berry Vrbanovic
Councelor Bil Ioannidis
Waterloo Mayor Dave Jaworsky
Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi
Growing The Local Food Movement
Food is essential and universal, growing food in public space can be a wonderful means of community-building, but how do we make sustainable models for community gardens and urban agriculture that retain knowledgeable and engaged members, have long-term access to land, and that can pay their bills?
Nicola Thomas, Founder of Grand River Food Forestry
Olivia Michalczuk Environment and Open Spaces Coordinator, NA.
Angela ElzingaCheng Executive Director, Greenest City
Kolade Boboye and Craig Cain Social Innovation Coordinators, Hope Blooms
Mitigating Climate Change Through Food Forestry
Nicola Thomas (video conference)
Planting Trees, Afforestation;
The Solution to Earth's Environmental Dilemma
Julia Adamson
Saskatchewan Native Prairie Inventory;
An Estimation of Remaining Grasslands
Joanne Marchand (Chair) & Teal Fisher
Symposium
Mtl - 2019
How does Integrating Trees into agricultural systems benefit soil health and soil carbon sequestration? What are the barriers to adoption of agroforestry in Canada and how could we promote this practice more widely?
Alain Oliver (Host), Professor of Agroforestry Universite Laval
Nicola Thomas, Founder of Grand River Food Forestry
Harry Greene, Co-founder and director of Farm Development, Propagate Ventures
Andrew Gordon, Professor esearcher , School of Environmental Science, Guelph University
Thanks Jeff Hager for being an awesome host
and having us on your show
Authors June Komisar & Joe Nasr of
Carrot City: Creating Places for Urban Agriculture
signed & kindly gifted to GRFF.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Calgary, Alberta. 2017
GRFF & The Black Farmers Collective were amongst The 100 Heart of the City National Delegates 2016
Dave Harvey,
Founder & ED of Park People.
Canada’s leading city park transformation organization.
Dr. Vandana Shiva founded Navdanya, the Indian-based NGO to promote biodiversity conservation, organic farming, the rights of farmers, and the process of seed saving.
Water is Life
Toronto, ON. 2017
Permaculturist - Agroecology
CIBWE Award
Toronto, ON. 2016
Permaculturist - Agroecology
Cibwe award winner for 2015
Celina Caesar-Chavannes MP is a Canadian Liberal politician, who served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister from 2015 to 2017 in addition to the 2007 Black Business & Professional Association’s Harry Jerome Young Entrepreneur Award.